Measuring the impact of public perceptions on child welfare workers |
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| Authors: | Catherine K. Lawrence Wendy Zeitlin Charles Auerbach Sreyashi Chakravarty Shauna Rienks |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York, USA;2. McCormick Center for Child Advocacy &3. Policy, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Montclair, New Jersey, USA;4. Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University, New York, USA;5. Butler Institute for Families, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA |
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| Abstract: | The Public Perceptions of Child Welfare Scale measures how the social environment influences child welfare workers, including their job satisfaction and intent to leave. Psychometric studies have validated the scale for private child welfare workers, but there are no validation studies with public agency staff. This study fills that gap, showing stigma and respect are important constructs that also predict worker intent to leave. This research found an additional construct, blame, which was not present in private worker validation studies. The scale provides an important tool for the field as we continue to build evidence for effective recruitment and retention. |
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| Keywords: | Scale validation recruitment and retention public perceptions private and pubic workforce environmental factors |
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